[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #11336: units: base_unit_info name and symbol unavailable for absolute units

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #11336: units: base_unit_info name and symbol unavailable for absolute units
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-05-22 20:53:51

#11336: units: base_unit_info name and symbol unavailable for absolute units
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 Reporter:  Roger Leigh <rleigh@…>  |      Owner:  matthiasschabel
     Type:  Bugs                    |     Status:  new
Milestone:  To Be Determined        |  Component:  units
  Version:  Boost 1.55.0            |   Severity:  Problem
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 absolute<> works for making temperatures absolute.  However, it does not
 define a specialisation of the base_unit_info, so name_string and
 symbol_string are unavailable and some methods fails as a result.

 Please consider making absolute<> provide a base_unit_info specialisation
 which delegates to the wrapped unit type's base_unit_info, but adds an
 "absolute " prefix to both and can replace the ostream operator which
 works partially for the symbol case, but not the unit name which is
 completely absent.  This will make absolute<> behave the same as a normal
 unwrapped unit.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/11336>
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